Swedish temperance societies are of a wide variety.
In 1933 these included:
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IOGT-NTO
IOGT-NTO is a Swedish temperance society, the Swedish branch of IOGT International. In 2007, it had approximately 46,000 members, in 1,000 local groups.
History
IOGT-NTO was formed in 1970, through the merger of the Swedish chapter of IOGT wit ...
(the Swedish branch of
IOGT International)
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Nykterhetsorden Verdandi (NOV, socialist, established 1896)
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Öfverås Blåbandsförening, founded by
Beatrice Dickson in 1884
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Sveriges Blåbandsförbund (SBF, Christian, the
blue ribbon
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association, established in Sweden in 1883)
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Vita Bandet (for women, the
white ribbon
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The White Ribbon has been ...
, established in Sweden in 1900)
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Motorförararnas Helnykterhetsförbund (MHF, for motorists, founded 1926)
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Sveriges Lärares Nykterhetsförbund (SLN, for teachers, founded 1906)
* Sveriges Studerande Ungdoms Helnykterhetsförbund (SSUH, for students)
* Järnvägsmännens Helnykterhetsförbund (JHF, for railroad workers)
* Sveriges Polismäns Helnykterhetsförbund (SPHF, for policemen, founded 1905)
* Svenska Tullpersonalens Helnykterhetsförbund (STHF, for customs staff)
* Svenska Läkarnas Nykterhetsförening (for physicians).
Sweden's first central temperance society was
Svenska Sällskapet för Nykterhet och Folkuppfostran
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, established on April 11, 1837. It still existed in 1933, but only had 149 members.
Peter Wieselgren had formed an earlier society for high school students in
Växjö
Växjö () is a city and the seat of Växjö Municipality, Kronoberg County, Sweden. It had 71,282 inhabitants (2020) out of a Municipalities of Sweden, municipal population of 97,349 (2024). It is the administrative, cultural, and industrial ce ...
.
See also
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Temperance movement
The temperance movement is a social movement promoting Temperance (virtue), temperance or total abstinence from consumption of alcoholic beverages. Participants in the movement typically criticize alcohol intoxication or promote teetotalism, and ...
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List of Temperance organizations
References
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Temperance movement by country
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